NY1, the all-news cable channel of New York City, has gotten a response from Hillary Clinton to the "Vote Different" 1984 video. They report that she isn't worried about the video's impact. I'm told that this was an off-the-cuff response on her part.

Here's the key parts of the transcript:

Q: What do you think of the video?

"I haven't seen it but I'm pleased that it seems to be taking attention away from what used to be on YouTube and getting a lot of hits, namely me singing "The Star Spangled Banner." Everybody in the world now knows I can't carry a tune. I thank heavens for small favors and the attention has shifted, so maybe people won't have to tune in and hear me screeching about "The Star Spangled Banner."

Q: Should the video be removed?

"You know, that's for somebody else to decide. I don't have an opinion one way of another. I think anything that drives interest in these campaigns and gets people who otherwise are not at all interested in politics, I think that's pretty good. I might quibble a little bit about the content but if we get more people, especially young people, thinking about politics, I'm happy about that."

In other words, any attention is good attention. Hmmmm. But at least she doesn't want the ad to be pulled. What a dumb question.